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HELPer and owner Jim

I have been involved in the green industry since I was a 10 year old boy. My passion started within the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. I would sit in the left field bleachers looking at the beautiful green striped turf and the vines climbing the walls and say to myself  this is what I want to do when I grow up!”( No, it wasnt to play for the hapless Cubbies, it was to make pristine, beloved landscapes and keep them that way). In the 30 plus years since my love affair started, I love the Cubs less, but the burning desire for the perfect landscape is still pushing me on, and the love has grown. I have done just about everything in the green industry.

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A brief summary of my accomplishments:
 -Pushing a mower as a preteen boy in the suburbs of Chicago
 -Working up through the ranks to become a retail manager for Franks Nursery and Crafts
 -While in college working the greenhouses on campus at WMU
 -Starting a design/ build/ maintenance landscape business from$0 to $200,000 in 1 year
 -Managing and operating a wholesale landscape nursery in Arizona
 -Directing an urban design/ install/ build -landscape division of a multi-million dollar garden center in downtown Chicago
 -Starting up a landscape supply/broker in downtown Chicago
 -Implementing a unique transitional retail/wholesale management mentality at a suburban landscape supply and garden center
 -Managing commercial, governmental, and residential landscape accounts and clients
 -Project managing wetland restoration/exotic removal/habit resurrections
 -Opening a satellite commercial landscape branch of a thriving business